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NY Mets Sometimes Annual Song Parody Contest

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 23 2013 08:31 PM

Who wants to be the next George Gerwshin of Mets songs?

If anyone's interested in playing in one of those year end NY Met themed song parody contests that's been missing these past few years, I'll volunteer to run it. I'll seed it, organize it, format it, come up with a system to hand out first round byes if needed and whatever else.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Dec 23 2013 08:34 PM
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We never did finish that last one, did we?

I'd be up for it.

sharpie
Dec 23 2013 08:54 PM
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I'll be in it to win it.

metsmarathon
Dec 23 2013 08:57 PM
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in. i'm so in.

Ceetar
Dec 23 2013 09:19 PM
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sure. Every song is going to be "I want a hippopotamus for christmas" but I'm in.

seawolf17
Dec 23 2013 09:20 PM
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In.

Zvon
Dec 23 2013 09:21 PM
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tradition!
in

G-Fafif
Dec 23 2013 10:16 PM
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Aye.

metirish
Dec 23 2013 11:04 PM
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Gwan, I'm in

Fman99
Dec 23 2013 11:18 PM
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Throwing a Mets hat without an orange button on it into the ring.

themetfairy
Dec 23 2013 11:38 PM
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I'd like to know this year's rules before I throw my hat into the ring.

Benjamin Grimm
Dec 24 2013 12:18 AM
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Figure it will go one or two rounds and then die from lack of interest.

Edgy MD
Dec 24 2013 02:14 AM
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I've been singing variations on "Fox on the Run" all day. You know I'm down.

MFS62
Dec 24 2013 04:25 AM
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themetfairy wrote:
I'd like to know this year's rules before I throw my hat into the ring.

Me, too.
Later

TransMonk
Dec 24 2013 12:26 PM
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Yes!

Edgy MD
Dec 24 2013 01:14 PM
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Oh, it adds to the adventure to learn the rules at the starting line. What? I gotta perform the song in a video with my underwear on my head? Well, that's... oh, look, everybody's forfeited me into the semi-finals.

Benjamin Grimm
Dec 24 2013 01:32 PM
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I suggest that there should be some kind of forfeit provision. I think this contest has failed to complete the last few times around because some players never got around to submitting an entry, which caused the whole thing to languish. Maybe a ten-day deadline after each matchup is set would solve that.

d'Kong76
Dec 24 2013 03:06 PM
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I'm in. Hesitantly, but in. Would like to know the format plans.

MFS62
Dec 24 2013 03:30 PM
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I'm not in until I learn more about the controls on the vote count.
There have been some contests decided by a flood of votes at the last minute, sort of like a Chicago election.

Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 24 2013 03:45 PM
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Yes, corruption is the thing to look into.

metirish
Dec 24 2013 03:51 PM
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Seems like MFS62 is insinuating shenanigans are afoot.

Edgy MD
Dec 24 2013 03:53 PM
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MFS joined this forum like a decade ago in order to participate in this contest and immediately declared the results suspicious. #holdingouthopefortheappeal

MFS62
Dec 24 2013 04:01 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
MFS joined this forum like a decade ago in order to participate in this contest and immediately declared the results suspicious. #holdingouthopefortheappeal

Immediately?
Hardly.
I did win one contest.
Are you talking about a few years later, when I recommend a solution to plug what I saw as a loophole in the rules?
It was ignored.

Later

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 24 2013 04:05 PM
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MFS62 wrote:
I'm not in until I learn more about the controls on the vote count.
There have been some contests decided by a flood of votes at the last minute, sort of like a Chicago election.

Later

OK. No one's gonna be allowed to vote close in time to the previous voter. How about one vote per day per contest? Is that OK with you?

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 24 2013 04:08 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 24 2013 04:28 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I suggest that there should be some kind of forfeit provision. I think this contest has failed to complete the last few times around because some players never got around to submitting an entry, which caused the whole thing to languish. Maybe a ten-day deadline after each matchup is set would solve that.

Agreed. A generous amount of time will be allotted to submit your entry ... and a strictly enforced deadline that will result in a forfeit if not met. I'll run this thing like a 19th century schoolteacher would have. Or Dallas Green. You'll hate me. But you'll love me, too.

MFS62
Dec 24 2013 04:13 PM
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batmagadanleadoff wrote:
MFS62 wrote:
I'm not in until I learn more about the controls on the vote count.
There have been some contests decided by a flood of votes at the last minute, sort of like a Chicago election.

Later

OK. No one's gonna be allowed to vote close in time to the previous voter. How about one vote per day per contest? Is that OK with you?

Not what I meant. What I proposed was like the stickers they give out saying "I voted". Everyone who votes should add to the thread and say "I voted". Those posts should equal the number of votes tallied. Like an accounting control, so nobody could sign on with their multiple (old) screen names to vote again.

Later

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 24 2013 04:13 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 24 2013 04:26 PM

We're up to 13 participants:

1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 ceetar
5 seawolf
6 zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 irish
9 fman
10 edgy
11 transmonk
12 kong
13 jcl

Three more participants and we can have an elimination tournament without any byes or play-ins. With 13 players, the first elimination round will consist of five showdowns and three first round byes awarded -- that'll get us into the round of eight.

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 24 2013 04:18 PM
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MFS62 wrote:
MFS62 wrote:
I'm not in until I learn more about the controls on the vote count.
There have been some contests decided by a flood of votes at the last minute, sort of like a Chicago election.

Later

OK. No one's gonna be allowed to vote close in time to the previous voter. How about one vote per day per contest? Is that OK with you?

Not what I meant. What I proposed was like the stickers they give out saying "I voted". Everyone who votes should add to the thread and say "I voted". Those posts should equal the number of votes tallied. Like an accounting control, so nobody could sign on with their multiple (old) screen names to vote again.

Later

Thank you for clarifying. Each contest (or bracket) (or square-off) (or hoedown) (or showdown) (wasn't this in the NYT Dialect Quiz, too?) will be run as a poll. I believe that the poll mechanism prevents anyone from voting more than once. Unless the mods have a secret hack. Or unless there are members here with multiple ID's. I don't know how to prevent that sort of abuse, but I'm open to suggestions.

d'Kong76
Dec 24 2013 05:41 PM
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batmagadanleadoff wrote:
Unless the mods have a secret hack.

Ben, Edge, and myself are the most trustworthy admins on
the internet!! Put that in your pipe, but don't bargot it...

Frayed Knot
Dec 24 2013 06:22 PM
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I haven't cheat-voted at anything here since I was an inside player in the massive Classic Rock Quiz Scandal of '09

Trachsel My Tears
Dec 24 2013 10:20 PM
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I'll play, if I may.

metirish
Dec 24 2013 10:25 PM
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Trachsel My Tears wrote:
I'll play, if I may.

By all means please do, don't worry about slowing things down. The pace of these things should suit you.

Trachsel My Tears
Dec 24 2013 11:32 PM
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metirish wrote:
I'll play, if I may.

By all means please do, don't worry about slowing things down. The pace of these things should suit you.

Glenn Ford, upon being directed to speed up the pace of a scene he was acting in: "I've only got two speeds, and the other one's slower."

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 24 2013 11:43 PM
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We're up to 14 participants:

1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 ceetar
5 seawolf
6 zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 irish
9 fman
10 edgy
11 transmonk
12 kong
13 jcl
14 Trachsel

Two more participants and we can have an elimination tournament without any byes or play-ins. With 14 players, the first elimination round will consist of six showdowns and two first round byes awarded -- that'll get us into the round of eight.

The new guy, Trachsel, makes the list. Did anybody tell him he's gotta sing the Schaefer Jingle? Initiation stuff.

[youtube:345v2dgc]CMQHDg6fTZc[/youtube:345v2dgc]

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 25 2013 11:35 AM
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Trachsel My Tears wrote:
I'll play, if I may.

Here's a thread from the 2009 CPF song parody contest, to give you an idea of the kind of stuff that goes on here.

viewforum.php?f=18

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 25 2013 11:46 AM
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Here's an oldie from Centerfield, channeling the Sex Pistols and The Ramones to give us his ode to Paul Wilson. CF was late and broke every rule in the contest. But it was worth it.

Centerfield wrote:
Sorry about the wait. Is this song going to get me disqualified? Yup. Is it worth it? Yup. I think it really demonstrates where I am as a fan right about now.

Anyway, the subject is Paul Wilson. The song is the closing theme to the Flintstones.

Wilpons! Fuck the Wilpons!
They're a fucking fuckhead family.
Caustic, moron, shitbags,
they're the worst owners in history.

Someday, maybe Fred will see the light,
and he'll sell this team and end our plight.

Wilpons! Fuck the Wilpons!
They are fucking fuckhead fuckclowns.
They fuck their dachshunds.
They're fucking asshole sluts!

(banging on door) Wilson!!!

[youtube]GJu8RreAGnM[/youtube]

d'Kong76
Dec 25 2013 05:30 PM
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Everybody ... sing from the roof tops!!

.
[bigpurple:1ka0bd7l]Wilpons! Fuck the Wilpons!

They're a fucking fuckhead family

Caustic, moron, shitbags,

they're the worst owners in history[/bigpurple:1ka0bd7l]

metirish
Dec 25 2013 08:50 PM
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That was a hilarious blast from the past.

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 25 2013 10:32 PM
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1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 Ceetar
5 seawolf
6 Zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 metirish
9 Fman
10 Edgy
11 TransMonk
12 Kong
13 jcl
14 Trachsel My Tears
15 MFS62

So far, we've got four elimination rounds, with one lucky stiff getting a first round bye.

Edgy MD
Dec 25 2013 10:50 PM
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Bard?

Lefty Specialist
Dec 25 2013 11:10 PM
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OK. I couldn't carry a tune if it were strapped to my back, but I'll just call my good friend Bernie [crossout:3hhzshoq]Madoff[/crossout:3hhzshoq] Taupin.

Count me in for the round of 16.

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 25 2013 11:25 PM
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[fimg=466:9t0j637z]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/11555228696_01bd782b07_o.jpg[/fimg:9t0j637z]

1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 Ceetar
5 seawolf
6 Zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 metirish
9 Fman
10 Edgy
11 TransMonk
12 Kong
13 jcl
14 Trachsel My Tears
15 MFS62
16 Lefty

We've got 16. Anyone else want in? We're still open for business, even though any more entrants and I'm gonna have to decide who has to "play-in" to the Round of 16, which won't be anywhere near as popular as awarding first round byes.

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 26 2013 04:58 AM
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1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 Ceetar
5 seawolf
6 Zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 metirish
9 Fman
10 Edgy
11 TransMonk
12 Kong
13 jcl
14 Trachsel My Tears
15 Lefty

We're down to 15 again. I mistakenly counted MFS62 in, but upon further review, he's on the fence.

A Boy Named Seo
Dec 26 2013 03:26 PM
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I'll take his spot if the terms of the contest are not to his liking.

MFS62
Dec 26 2013 03:29 PM
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Thanks, Seo. The spot is yours. Do it proud!

Later

A Boy Named Seo
Dec 26 2013 03:33 PM
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Cool, thanks.

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 26 2013 04:30 PM
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A Boy Named Seo wrote:
I'll take his spot if the terms of the contest are not to his liking.

In like Doug. But there are no "spots". We're taking everyone. Anyone can play.

MFS62 wrote:
Thanks, Seo. The spot is yours. Do it proud!

There are no "spots". Stop chasing the customers away!

[fimg=466]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/11555228696_01bd782b07_o.jpg[/fimg]

1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 Ceetar
5 seawolf
6 Zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 metirish
9 Fman
10 Edgy
11 TransMonk
12 Kong
13 jcl
14 Trachsel My Tears
15 Lefty
16 Seo

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 26 2013 04:45 PM
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batmagadanleadoff wrote:

[fimg=466]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/11555228696_01bd782b07_o.jpg[/fimg]

1 LWFS
2 sharpie
3 marathon
4 Ceetar
5 seawolf
6 Zvon
7 G-Fafif
8 metirish
9 Fman
10 Edgy
11 TransMonk
12 Kong
13 jcl
14 Trachsel My Tears
15 Lefty
16 Seo

We're up to 16. I'll keep this thread open thru the weekend. Some members might still be on the fence. Others, perhaps, went away for the holidays and haven't checked in here recently. On Monday, I'll get this tournament rolling with brackets, randomly generated pairings, Met Topics, and deadlines.

batmagadanleadoff
Dec 29 2013 05:57 PM
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I'll put up the brackets and topics tomorow. Anyone else want in? This year, you'll be playing for the Crane Pool Kranepool Cup.